An Audit Report on Prison Land Maximization (open access)

An Audit Report on Prison Land Maximization

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to recommendations to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of land parcels to be sold, leased, or used for prison operations.
Date: February 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Purchasing and Contract Administration at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (open access)

An Audit Report on Purchasing and Contract Administration at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to deficiencies in the design and implementation of controls over the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) purchasing and contracting functions, which have prevented TDCJ from ensuring that it spends funds according to state law or on the most effective, efficient services.
Date: October 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Revenue Processing at Four State Agencies (open access)

An Audit Report on Revenue Processing at Four State Agencies

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if selected high-risk revenues have appropriate procedures in place to ensure that those revenues are maximized.
Date: November 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Rider 5: Texas Southern University's Accountability Systems (open access)

An Audit Report on Rider 5: Texas Southern University's Accountability Systems

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Texas Southern University's accountability systems and significant concerns with the finance and accounting, human resources, planning and communication, and student financial aid systems.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Rider 15: Rates Paid by Texas Youth Commission for Residential Placements (open access)

An Audit Report on Rider 15: Rates Paid by Texas Youth Commission for Residential Placements

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the actual rates negotiated and paid by the Texas Youth Commission for the provision of residential placements per Rider 15 in the General Appropriations Act.
Date: October 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Management Controls and Programs at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Management Controls and Programs at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the Higher Education Coordinating Board's need to enhance some of its processes for managing information agency-wide to ensure that customers receive the level of services expected, particularly when they have non-routine data requests.
Date: June 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Selected Management Controls at Certified Non-Profit Health Corporations (open access)

An Audit Report on Selected Management Controls at Certified Non-Profit Health Corporations

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if selected certified non-profit health corporations associated with Texas medical institutions have effective controls over key operations to minimize risks associated with its operations.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on State Agency Purchases Subject to Local Control (open access)

An Audit Report on State Agency Purchases Subject to Local Control

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to categories of purchases by health and human services agencies that are exempt from General Services Commission's authority, and testing these purchases for weaknesses in agency-level internal controls, instances of fraud and abuse, and inefficiencies in the purchasing process.
Date: June 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Statewide Travel Practices (open access)

An Audit Report on Statewide Travel Practices

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the 75th Legislature's emphasis on limiting employee travel expenditures and using travel funds appropriately, resulting in a travel cap which reduced total statewide travel spending from appropriated funds.
Date: March 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Student Financial Aid at Four-Year State Universities (open access)

An Audit Report on Student Financial Aid at Four-Year State Universities

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if financial aid offices at selected four-year public universities efficiently and effectively meet the needs of students and the goals of the offices.
Date: May 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on The Assessment of the Criminal Justice Information System (open access)

An Audit Report on The Assessment of the Criminal Justice Information System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to an assessment of the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) provided by determining its status and by evaluating controls related to completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of data quality.
Date: April 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Compliance and Effectiveness of the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators (open access)

An Audit Report on the Compliance and Effectiveness of the Board of Nursing Facility Administrators

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators' (Board) effectiveness in the receipt and resolution of complaints and its compliance with statutory duties and responsibilities.
Date: March 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Audit Functions with Four or Fewer Staff Members (open access)

An Audit Report on the Effectiveness of Internal Audit Functions with Four or Fewer Staff Members

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determine the effectiveness of small internal audit functions by evaluating the effectiveness of internal audit departments with four or fewer staff members and internal audit services provided by contractors at 33 state agencies and universities, and by surveying internal audit directors, agency directors, university presidents, and board chairs to obtain their opinions regarding the effectiveness of internal audit functions.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Financial Statements of the Teacher Retirement System (open access)

An Audit Report on the Financial Statements of the Teacher Retirement System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the general purpose financial statements of the Teacher Retirement System, which were accurately presented in all material respects and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Date: March 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District: A Pilot Project (open access)

An Audit Report on the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District: A Pilot Project

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District is currently operational, based on District performance under its management plan and compliance with basic statutory requirements for groundwater districts.
Date: July 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on The Implementation of House Bill 2377 and the Conversion of State-Operated Community Services to Local Control (open access)

An Audit Report on The Implementation of House Bill 2377 and the Conversion of State-Operated Community Services to Local Control

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating plans for the House Bill 2377 pilot project, reviewing selected management controls at the community centers participating in the pilot, and evaluating the plans to convert the state-operated services to local control.
Date: January 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Inspection Process at the Commission on Jail Standards (open access)

An Audit Report on the Inspection Process at the Commission on Jail Standards

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining how the Commission on Jail Standards ensures that jails are complying with its standards, and to assessing how the Commission is fulfilling the statutory requirement that it oversee jails that house out-of-state prisoners.
Date: July 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Long-Term Care Regulatory Program at the Department of Human Services (open access)

An Audit Report on the Long-Term Care Regulatory Program at the Department of Human Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the Department of Human Services' effectiveness and its compliance with statutory duties and responsibilities in the regulation of long-term care facilities.
Date: June 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Management Controls at the Texas Lottery Commission's Charitable Bingo Division (open access)

An Audit Report on the Management Controls at the Texas Lottery Commission's Charitable Bingo Division

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the effectiveness of management processes and control systems within the Charitable Bingo Division of the Texas Lottery Commission.
Date: October 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant at the Texas Department of Health (open access)

An Audit Report on the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant at the Texas Department of Health

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining if Maternal and Child Health Block Grant funds were spent in compliance with agency strategies, federal grant requirements, and state laws, and if significant gaps or duplications in services among programs and agencies exist.
Date: January 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Performance Measures at 13 State Agencies and 7 Educational Institutions - Phase 10 (open access)

An Audit Report on the Performance Measures at 13 State Agencies and 7 Educational Institutions - Phase 10

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether selected state entities are accurately reporting their key performance measures to the Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST) database; whether the selected state entities have adequate control systems in place over the collection and reporting of their performance measures; whether the selected entities have corrected deficiencies identified during the Performance Measure Certification Audits, Phases I-IX; and to providing assistance to selected agencies that have had recurring problems in controlling and reporting performance measure data.
Date: January 1997
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Role and Usage of the Texas A&M Research Foundation (A Nonprofit Organization) (open access)

An Audit Report on the Role and Usage of the Texas A&M Research Foundation (A Nonprofit Organization)

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining the cost benefit of outsourcing the administration of Texas A&M University System (System) research grants and contracts to the Texas A&M Research Foundation (Foundation), and determining if the Foundation's controls over key operations effectively minimize risks associated with the administration of research grants and contracts.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the State's Contract Workforce (open access)

An Audit Report on the State's Contract Workforce

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing agency use of long-term contract and temporary workers and determining the agencies' reasons for using a contract workforce, decision-making processes used when hiring contract versus state workers, and levels of management exercised with contract workforce; to determining how to improve collection and reporting of contract workforce information to the Legislature; and to providing agencies with information on what considerations they should take into account when creating a contract workforce.
Date: February 1999
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Statewide 911 System (open access)

An Audit Report on the Statewide 911 System

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to conducting a financial audit of 911 revenues, to determining the adequacy of selected management controls, and to determining the efficiency of the 911 administrative system.
Date: July 1998
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History